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Far from the Tree

AnnotationWinner of the National Book Award for The Noonday Demon and a board member of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Columbia Medical School, Solomon began seeing illness and identity as related when he covered the deaf pride movement in the 1990s. Here, he expands on this notion by exploring how families deal with children who fall outside the perceived boundaries of normal-those with dwarfism, Down syndrome, or exceptional genius, for instance, or who commit serious crimes-showing how both family and children redefine themselves. Not specialized; there will be broad interest.

Genre

NonFictionFamily & relationshipsHealth, Mind and BodySociological

Topics

ParentsParent and childChildrenPeople with disabilitiesIdentityFamily relationshipsSociologyPsychology